it would be nice if there was a way to skip the downloading of a file (by hitting a key, maybe "s") when using the fetch command ("-f".) I think this would be very usefull when a user switchs back and forth between stable and unstable ebuilds (designated in the make.conf), and notices when they switch back to the "stable" realm, that portage is downloading a file (newer ebuild or program version) that is already installed (but currently marked "unstable".) Maybe there could even be a way to show during the downloading process that a newer but unstable package is already emerged, and should warn you you might want to "skip" downloading this file by pushing "s." thanks for listening!
I'm kinda hazy on what you're asking, but I can't have wget or rsync stop, because they won't.
say, if you want to fetch (-f) a bunch of files after rsyncing -- to download everything you need before you start compiling. And during this fetch, you see that portage is downloading a file you don't want (old version, whatever the reason.) In this instance, it would be nice to have a function to skip downloading that one file (and even others, if it arrises) by pushing a specific key. are you sure there's not a way to do this? couldn't you just somehow stop the current wget process to skip on to the next file to fetch?
